"Impending Shutdown Looms Over Immigration and Border Funding Battle"
TL;DR
With a critical government funding deadline approaching on March 22, negotiators are working to avoid a partial shutdown affecting several key departments, including Homeland Security, Defense, State, Treasury, Health and Human Services, Education, and Labor. If a deal isn't reached, millions of federal workers and military personnel could be affected, with potential disruptions to airport security, border operations, tax processing, education funding, labor statistics, and health services. This would mark the fifth funding deadline since September, with Congress previously passing stopgap bills to keep the government running.
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- Federal government is – once more – counting down to a partial shutdown CNN
- DHS headed for yearlong stopgap as appropriations finale comes into focus Roll Call
- Immigration fight could trigger shutdown at end of next week The Hill
- With one week to go until spending fight, a series of sticking points emerges AOL
- Shutdown Threat Rises Again as GOP Demands Border Changes The Fiscal Times
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